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Question for CH/PH dog owners — Brooklynian

Question for CH/PH dog owners

caseopele
caseopele
edited November -1 in Brooklyn Pets
Tonight I was waiting to cross Franklin Ave at Pacific with my dogs (a shepherd mix and pit). A group of teenagers approaching Pacific walked behind me making comments about my ugly dogs. As they're passing behind me one of them reaches out and pushes one of my dogs. Has anything like this happened to anyone else? I just moved to CH last November from PS where nothing like this happened.

Keep in mind that this is NOT a post about CH safety (unless we're talking about the safety of the punk that touched my dog). I think my response surprised the kid that did it. I told him that if he ever touched my dog again I would f*cking cut him. One of his friends stopped and apologized for him repeatedly. I tend to be way more protective of my animals than of myself. If he did it to me I wouldn't have had the same response. I was especially pissed off because he pushed my older dog Cheech who is going to be 12 this summer and suffers from arthritis.

So, uncommon occurrence or do I need to keep my pocket knife accessible? Also, anyone know how much trouble I would be in if I did something to protect my dogs? I really appreciate any advice.

Comments

  • caseopele
    caseopele
    I forgot to mention that I thanked the kid who apologized for his friend. And by kids I mean teenagers at least 16 years old. Old enough to be out at 10:30 on a Saturday night and old enough to know better. As for my threat to cut him I was only half-serious. Would I do it to protect my dogs from harm? Yes. But I wanted these "kids" to understand that I was not going to let this slide. There were 6-7 of them all bigger than me, with my muzzled pit (garbage eater) and my arthritic shepherd mix Cheech. The kid pushed Cheech's hip and he has arthritis in his hips. Granted the kid didn't know that but he should never have laid a hand on my dog.
  • limestonekid
    limestonekid
    We haven't had anything like that happen to us while we've been walking our dog (now dogs).

    Brave, but stupid, kid who would push your dog while your walking anything that looks even remotely like a pit. I would have threatened him with the pit. They don't need to know that the muzzle is to stop him from eating garbage.

    I think you need to do what you need to do in order to protect your loved ones. Even more so when one of your loved ones is essentially harmless.

    To that point I've always liked Malcolm X's quote:

    "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    very sorry this happened to you and your guys Caseopele

    when i'm walking my dog and warning bells start going off
    --for example, a pack of teenagers out on a late saturday night
    i'll drop my dog's leash{she is a sweetie and responds well to voice commands}

    if the kids had any evil thoughts, they'll cross fast to the other side of the street
    if they didn't, they'll just keep walking. ignoring my dog...
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    Looking back on it now (with a much clearer head) I realize that it was probably just a stupid prank by a stupid teenager. But I turn into mama grizzly when someone messes with my family, friends, or the animals in my care. It also doesn't help that I was a bad kid myself. I may look harmless now but that rowdy teen still lurks within me.

    quijibo, thank you, if only Ripley was as well-behaved as Kika! The one time I dropped her leash (after a snowstorm with huge piles of snow lining the sidewalks) she ran directly into the street. She somehow managed to find a narrow path in the snow, ran out into the street, and looked at me like, "I'm being bad, what are you going to do about it?" Luckily, it was about 2am and there were no cars around. Needless to say I haven't done that again. Cheech can be walked without a leash (not that I do) but he looks too goofy to be threatening.

    LimestoneKid, that Malcolm X quote is perfect. I am ashamed to admit I haven't heard it before. That's how I've always tried to live my life, I'm glad I'm in good company. Thanks!

    I was worried that my post would be taken the wrong way. My family and friends completely understood because they know me. But thinking about it today made me realize that I could sound like a pyschopath or something. But Cheech was my very first dog, mine not my family's, and I've had him since he was 8 months old (he's almost 13 now). He was badly abused before I got him and it took alot of work to get him to the point he's at now. Cheech didn't even take offense at the kid pushing him, he was just happy to be outside. Thanks guys for making me feel better! :)
  • limestonekid
    limestonekid
    @ Casepeople

    I'm glad you took the quotation in context. I didn't want to make it sound like I was advocating ultra-violence every time someone looks at you wrong. Far from it.

    I was searching for another quote which I had always attributed to Malcolm X but I was unable to find it. It went something like:

    "At heart I am a peaceful and loving man but if you are going to be violent with me then I am going to be very violent with you."

    Heck, that one is making me sound even more militant. Yikes! I think you get my drift though. I hope it never happens again to anyone who has a dog.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    I knew exactly what you meant and I don't think you sound militant! I am a good person and treat others with respect, I don't expect anything from someone other than being treated the same way I treat them. If someone chooses to ignore that and tries to hurt me, my family, friends, or animals then I will protect them to the best of my ability.

    Don't worry, I didn't think you were advocating a bit of the old ultra-violence! :wink:
  • pitu
    pitu
    LimestoneKid wrote:

    To that point I've always liked Malcolm X's quote:

    "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."
    maaaaaan, now I have to dig out some old vinyl remix of Malcolm speeches.
    Through the magic of the internets, I see it is from 1983. Keith LeBlanc "No Sell Out" on Tommy Boy Records. Can't find an mp3.
    The refrain is "The only thing power respects *is* power."
    I don't call it violence when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence."
    "I don't mean go out and get violent; but at the same time you should never be nonviolent unless you run into some nonviolence. I'm nonviolent with those who are nonviolent with me. But when you drop that violence on me, then you've made me go insane, and I'm not responsible for what I do."
    caseo, of course you did the right thing by speaking directly to these kids doing stupid sh*t.
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